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Guix images on Linode configure disks and expand the root filesystem

dthompson.us 6 min read Editor score 7/10

The Linode image handles virtual disks in the initrd, mounts root and swap, and resizes the root filesystem to use the available volume. These boot and provisioning details are useful to engineers building reproducible cloud deployments.

What

A custom Guix disk image makes Linode deployments boot directly into a Guix system instead of converting a built-in Debian image.

How

At boot, it mounts virtual disks, configures root and swap, expands the root filesystem, starts SSH, and gets IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Why it matters

The image packages platform-specific setup for repeatable deployment and supports later management with guix deploy.

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